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A List of those Rugbeians who have obtained Uni¬ 
versity Honors since the year 1810, has been, for the 
last ten years, preserved in the School Library. Notices 
of those in the Army and Navy, who have been engaged 
with the enemy, have been collected for the same pur¬ 
pose, though many names have doubtless been omitted, 
it being impossible to know the destination of every 
Bov on his leaving School. Some additional copies of 
these notices have been printed, under the idea that 
they would be interesting to those educated at Rugby, 
who served in the Wars against Napoleon, and to 
their cotemporaries. 

In addition to the Gazettes, Government and East 
India Army Lists, recourse has been had, in the case of 
officers deceased since the year 1839, to Colburn’s 
United Service Journal, and in many instances where 
Naval Officers have been engaged, to O’Byrne’s Naval 
( Biography, where more detailed accounts of their 
services may be seen. Those Rugbeians, twenty-three 
in number, who were at the Battle of Waterloo, have 
“ W.” prefixed to their names. 


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1744. John M ansel, son of the Rev. Christopher 
Mansel, Rector of Long Newton, Durham, in which 
.pillage he was born, on November 23rd, 1729. In 
early life he joined the regiment of the Third Dragoon 
Guards, and rose to the rank of Major General. He 
had the command of a brigade of heavy cavalry in the 
Duke of York’s campaign in 1794. Being impatient 
on one occasion of an undeserved imputation on his 
zeal, in consequence of the Duke stating in his dis* 
patches that the enemy would have been entirely des¬ 
troyed near Cambrai, but by some mistake General 
ManseVs brigade did not arrive in time for that pur¬ 
pose. The general, when the French attacked the Duke s 
army, on the 26th of April, devoted himself to death, 
and his troops, animated by his example, performed 
prodigies of valour. He came up with the enemy in 
the village of Cateau, charged, and completely defeated 
them. He then rushed, at the head of his brigade, 
against a battery of fourteen pieces of cannon, placed 
on an eminence behind a deep ravine, into which many 
of the front rank fell; he passed the ravine with a con¬ 
siderable body of men, and charged the cannon with in¬ 
conceivable intrepidity and complete success. This event 
is said to have decided the day; but at the mouth of 
this battery the brave and worthy general, having three 

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horses killed under him in the course of the day, re¬ 
ceived his death wound, one grape shot entered his chin, 
fracturing the spine, and coming out between the shoul¬ 
ders; and another broke his arm to splinters, His son 
and Aide-de-camp, Major John Christopher Mansel, 
also a Rugbeian, anxious to save his father’s life, darted 
forwards, but was wounded and taken prisoner. On the 
29th the General was buried in a redoubt at the head of 
the camp. Six Generals supported the pall, and the 
Duke of York, the Stadtholder, the hereditary Prince 
of Orange, and all the officers in the army attended the 
funeral. 


1748. Sir Ralph Abercromby was born in the 
year 1738. He was descended from an ancient family 
in the county of Banff. When ten years old he was 
placed at Rugby. While there, “ Duke William” of 
Cumberland, the conqueror at Culloden, was on one 
occasion passing through Hillmorton and Dunchurch, 
in his carriage and six, a circumstance which, at the 
beginning of the present century some of the old in¬ 
habitants of Rugby used to speak of as one of the 
most memorable events of their lives; and it is re¬ 
corded that all the bovs in the school ran over to see 
him with the exception of Abercromby. The first 
commission of Sir Ralph was a Cornetcy in the Guards; 
and in 1760 he obtained a Lieutenancy. In 1762 he be¬ 
came Captain in the third regiment of Horse, in which 
corps he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1773. 
In 1787 he was made Major General, and in 1788 had 
the command of the 7th regiment of dragoons. Soon 
after the commencement of the late war he was em¬ 
ployed on the continent, and commanded the advanced 
guard in the action of Cateau, when the Duke of York, 
in his dispatches, made an honourable representation of 
his conduct. He was wounded at Nemeguen, and in 
the winter of 1796 conducted the retreat of the troops 


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out of Holland. Next year he was appointed Com¬ 
mander in Chief of the forces in the West Indies, where 
he took possession of several French and Dutch settle¬ 
ments. On his return to Europe he was rewarded with 
the order of the Bath, and made Governor of Fort 
George and Fort Augustus. In 1797 he was raised to 
the rank of Lieutenant General. Sir Ralph was next 
fixed on to take the command of the forces in Ireland, 
where he exerted himself with great ability in maintain¬ 
ing the discipline of the army, suppressing the rising 
rebellion, and protecting the people from military op¬ 
pression. He was afterwards employed under the Duke 
of York in the enterprise against Holland, where it was 
confessed, even by the enemy, that his military talents 
were of the most brilliant order. He was lastly called 
upon to take the command of an army to dispossess the 
French of Egypt. Here he landed with the troops, 
March 8th, 1801, and defeated the French at Aboukir, 
after a bloody action. On the 21st of the same month 
was fought, near Alexandria, a memorable battle, in 
which the English were again victorious, but with the 
loss of their gallant General, who died the 28th of 
March, on board the ship which was conveying him to 
Malta, in the great church of which island he was buried 
with military honours. A marble slab, with an inscrip¬ 
tion, denotes the place of interment. A public monu¬ 
ment was voted to his memory, and a peerage and 
pension bestowed upon his family. In 1774 Sir Ralph 
represented the county of Kinross in Parliament, and 
continued in that capacity till the general election in 
1780. He was father to the late Speaker of the blouse 
of Commons. Such was the affection Sir Ralph enter¬ 
tained lor the place of his education that he was actually 
on the point of setting out on a long contemplated visit 
to his old school, when he was stopped by a notification 
of his appointment to the command of the troops em¬ 
barking for Egypt, where his life so gloriously closed. 


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1773. Sir George Townshend Walker, Bart. 
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, com¬ 
menced his career as Ensign in the 95th regiment, 
1782. In 1785 appointed Deputy Quarter Master 
General to H. M. troops in the East Indies, and 
in 1786 served the campaign under Major General 
Sir Henry Cosby, against the Southern Poligars, Cap¬ 
tain in the 80th regiment in Flanders in 1793, and was 
present at the battle of the 10th May, near Tournay, 
and served in the retreat of the army to Germany. In 
1808, Colonel of the 5th regiment at the battle of 
Vimiera, where he was posted on an advanced height, 
in which position he was attacked by a solid column of 
the enemy under General L’Orson, composed of 5000 
men, which, without any other assistance than one 
company of the 95th Rifle Corps and three guns, he 
turned and charged the enemy in flank, completely 
routing the whole, killing upwards of 1000 on the spot, 
taking 360 prisoners, and seven out of eight guns : thus 
breaking for the first time the charm of that column of 
attack, so much heretofore boasted of by the French 
army. In 1809 he served the whole of the campaign 
in Walcheren, latterly in command of a brigade. In 
August, 1810, promoted to the rank of Brigadier 
General, and sent by Lord Wellington to assist the 
Guerillas and other levies in Gallicia. In June, 1811, 
as Major General, joined the army on the frontier of 
Portugal. At the siege of Badajoz, April 6th, 1812, 
three breaches being reported practicable, and the 
assault determined on, he was ordered with his brigade, 
consisting of the 4th, the 30th, and 44th regiments, 
only 900 in all, to escalade the bastion of St. Vincent, 
as a diversion, should it be found practicable. Although 
provided with thirty-two ladders for this purpose, such 
was the weight of fire he had to pass through, that he 
could only succeed in placing four ladders in the ditch, 
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which, though near forty feet high, was nevertheless 
entered, and after several severe actions on the ram¬ 
parts, he had the good fortune, ultimately, to carry the 
place itself , notwithstanding the loss of 500 of his small 
force, and that the main attack on the breaches had 
totally failed against a garrison of 4000 strong, which 
marched out next day ;—a success in some degree con¬ 
solatory for the great sufferings he underwent from 
several desperate wounds. Before these were healed 
he rejoined the army in the Pyrenees. On the 5th of 
August, 1813, in the command of the 1st brigade, 2nd 
division, and assisted in the actions of the passage of 
the Nivelle and the attack of Campo ; after which he 
commanded the 7th division, at the passage of the 
Nive and battles of Bayonne, in 1814 ; drove the enemy 
out of Hartingens and Ogugar ; and had a material share 
in the battle of Orthes, carrying the last and strongest 
position of the enemy by a charge of one of his 
brigades which he led in person, and was severely 
wounded. In 1822, he was appointed Colonel of the 
52nd regiment, afterwards Commander-in-Chief at 
Madras, whence he returned in June, 1832, and in 
1837 he was appointed to the Lieutenant Governor¬ 
ship of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where he died, 
November 14th, 1842, in the 79th year of his age. 

1779. John Manners Kerr, late Lieutenant 
General in the army, Captain of the 60th Foot at the 
attack of Tobago, 1*793. From 1801 to 1804 Com¬ 
mander of the forces at Grenada, Dominica, Barbadoes, 
and St. Vincent; General, 1830. Died 1843. 

1780. John Christopher Mansel, Aide-de-Camp 
to his Father General Mansel, at the attack at Coteau, 
April 26th, 1794, where he was taken prisoner, and 
detained at Paris during the reign of Robespierre ; late 
Major of the 3rd Dragoon Guards. Died 1839. 


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1780. Rear-Admiral Robert Mansel, commanded 
the Adventure, 44, in the expedition against the Hel- 
der and Quiberon, and subsequently the Penguin, 
of 18 guns, on the coast of Ireland. In that ves¬ 
sel lie sustained a gallant action with a corvette of 
24 guns, and two other ships of sixteen, but it 
ended in the enemy’s escape, just as Captain Mansel’s 
gallant attack seemed likely to be crowned with success. 
He continued actively employed till December, 1803, 
when a block falling from aloft struck him on the head, 
and rendered him incapable of again serving. He was 
four times slightly wounded in the service of his coun¬ 
try. Admiral Mansel died 1838. 

1781. Colonel Nathaniel Burslem, Knight of 
the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, joined the 11th' 
regiment as Ensign at Gibraltar, 1789 ; landed at 
Toulon, 1793; engaged at Ollioules on the road to 
Marseilles, 31st August, and took the French colors on 
the bridge. Engaged again on the heights near Toulon, 
where the English after routing the enemy and pursuing 
their success too far, were in turn repulsed, and General 
O’Hara wounded and taken prisoner. Also, on the 
heights of Pharon, 1st October, when the French were 
defeated,—the Commander of their Artillery on these 
occasions being Napoleon Buonaparte, then twenty- 
three years old. A Corporal of the eleventh being 
killed, Ensign Burslem took his accoutrements and fire¬ 
lock and put them on Mr. Graham, afterwards Lord 
Lynedoch, who was a volunteer; joined the Grenadier 
Company, advanced to the right of the French line, and 
after a sharp attack drove the French down the rocky 
mountain, who suffered in killed and wounded 300 
men. When the British troops evacuated Toulon, 
December 18th, Ensign Burslem was in the last division 
that embarked ; again appointed Adjutant in Corsica by 





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Colonel Villets, who commanded the troops at Bastia, 
landed shortly afterwards in Tuscany, and present when 
Compeigne was taken from the French. In 1809, was 
appointed Deputy Quarter Master General at the taking 
of the Isle of France. August, 1811, Deputy Quarter 
Master General to the expedition against Java, and on 
Sir Samuel Auchmuty’s statf at the taking of Cornelius, 
remained at Java for five years, was appointed Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the troops, and quelled a mutiny 
of the Sepoys, for which he received the thanks of the 
Governor General the Marquis of Hastings in Council; 
appointed to the command of the 67th regiment, 1826, 
and afterwards retired from the service. Gold war 
medal for services at Java. 

1782. Lieut. Colonel Francis Knyvett Leighton, 
Assistant Quarter Master General to Sir Ralph Aber- 
cromby’s army in Egypt, present in the 61st regiment 
at the three memorable battles which took place : the 
landing, March 8th ; the taking of Aboukir, March 
13th, and the battle of Alexandria, March 21st, 1801. 
Retired from the service at the peace of Amiens ; and 
at a later period was appointed, when Lieutenant Colonel, 
to superintend Lucian Buonaparte during his residence 
at Thornegrove, near Worcester. Died 1835. 

17S3. W. Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton, 
Knight Companion of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic 
Order, and Knight Companion of the Order of the 
Bath, Lieutenant General, Colonel of the First Royal 
Dragoons, 1852; present at the battles of Talavera, 
1809; Busaco, 1810; Fuentes D'Onor, 1811; Vit- 
toria, 1813; Toulouse, 1814; Lieutenant Colonel of 
the First Royal Dragoonsat WATERLOO, June, 1815. 
Silver war medal with three clasps ; gold war medal 
for Fuentes D'Onor and Vittoria. 


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1785. John Byrne Skerrett, late Major General, 
the gallant defender of Tariffa in 1811, when in com¬ 
mand of 1000 British and 800 Spaniards, the French 
army of 10,000 men was repulsed with great loss of 
artillery and stores, and the siege raised. After the 
battle of Salamanca he commanded the troops when 
the city of Seville was captured by assault, August, 1812. 
Present at the victory of Vittoria, June 21st, 1813; 
commanded a brigade of the light division before St. 
Sebastian, September 1st, 1813, when the French were 
repulsed. He was mortally wounded in the unfortunate 
attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, on the 9th March, 1814. 
His leg had been broken not many weeks before, at the 
siege of Williamstadt, but he was the first of the party 
who mounted the walls, when he was severely wounded. 
Still he went on, and at last he received a wound in the 
head, which occasioned his death in a few hours. Gold 
war medal for Vittoria. A monument has been erected 
by government to his memory in St. Paul’s Cathedral. 

1786. Francis William Fane, Admiral. Was 
Midshipman of the Terpsichore, 32 guns, in 1796 ; was 
present at the gallant action with ‘ Mahonesse,’a Spanish 
frigate of superior force ; also in the same year and same 
ship was wounded in action with the French frigate ‘La 
Vestale.’ He was taken prisoner at Palamos, in Cata¬ 
lonia, while in command of the ‘ Cambrian’ frigate, in an 
attempt to cut out some enemy’s vessels. Shortly after 
the battle of the Nile, the French ship ‘ L’An£mone,’ 
was wrecked on the coast to the westward of Alexandria, 
and several of the French captured by the Arabs. In 
consequence of Captain Fane having charge of one of ’ 
the English boats sent off to give the French a chance 
of escaping from slavery, he was, when taken prisoner, 
allowed by Napoleon to be exchanged. Admiral Fane 
was what is rather unusual in the navy, an excellent 
classical scholar. He died March 28th, 1844. 










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1787. W. John Malin, late Surgeon of the 52nd 
regiment, at the battle of Corunna, 1809, and present 
at Sir John Moore’s death, also at the battles of Busaco, 
1810; Fuentes D’Onor, 1811; Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812; 
Badajoz, 1812; Salamanca, 1812; Vittoria, 1813; 
Nivelle, 1813; Nive, 1813; Orthes, 1814; Toulouse, 
1814; and WATERLOO, 1815; afterwards Deputy 
Inspector of Hospitals. 

1787. Lieutenant General Honorable John 
Meade, Companion of the Order of the Bath; late 
Consul General for Spain, served in the Low Countries 
with his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and sub¬ 
sequently proceeded to Ferroland Portugal; Lieutenant 
Colonel of the 45th foot at the Battle of Busaco, 1810 ; 
gold war medal for Busaco. Died 1849. 

1788. W . Sir Robert Chambre Hill, 
Colonel, Companion of the Order of the Bath ; formerly 
of Royal Horse Guards, commanded a brigade of Ca¬ 
valry, at Vittoria, 1813; at the battle of Toulouse, 1814; 
acting Aide-de-Camp to Lord Hill at Bayonne, and en¬ 
gaged at WATERLOO, June 18th, 1815, where he was 
severely wounded. His removal from the field of battle 
did not take place till near the conclusion of the action. 
War silver medal, war gold medal for Vittoria, presented 
also with the Cross of Maria Theresa, and the Russian 
Order of St. George. 

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1788. Sir Francis Brian Hill, Knight, served 
in the Portuguese Army during the Peninsular Cam¬ 
paign, 1810 and 1814, and received the Royal License 
to accept the Portuguese Order of the Tower and 
Sword, June 5th, 1810; formerly Charg6 d’Affaires and 
Secretary of Legation at the Courts of Munich, Copen¬ 
hagen, Stockholm, and the Brazils, Died April 4th, 
1842. 


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1788. Nathaniel Wilmot Oliver, Major 
General, Royal Artillery. When Lieutenant, served in 
Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombv, 1801 ; Captain in 
the expedition to Walcheren, 1 809; silver war medal 
for services in Egypt. General Oliver, when Major, had 
the courage, in the year 1821, to declare it to be incon¬ 
sistent with his principles to send a challenge, on one 
occasion, when he had been insulted by a Naval Officer I 
in Dublin, and though his bravery was admitted to be 
above suspicion, suffered long for his conscientious con¬ 
duct, but he completely outlived the obloquy his bro¬ 
ther officers sought* to cast on him, and his character 
rose even higher than before. 

1788. John Scrope Colquit, formerly Colonel 
in the Guards, severely wounded at the battle of 
Barossa, 1811, mortally wounded at the capture of ■ 
Seville by assault, April, 1812, where he died shortly 
afterwards. 

1788. Samuel Martin Colquit, Rear-Admiral; 
was Midshipman of the Indefatigable frigate, in 1794, 
and assisted in the capture of Pomon£, 44 guns, and 
the Babet, 22 guns. Died 1847. 

1788. The Earl of Carysfort, General, 1846, for¬ 
merly M.P. for Huntingdonshire,—served in Germany, 
Ireland, with the Russian Army at Zurich, in Egypt, 
Sweden, Corunna, Tariffa, and Walcheren, &c., com¬ 
manded a Brigade afterwards at the siege of Bergen-op- 
Zoom, 1814. 

1788. Sambrook Anson, late Lieutenant Colonel, 
First Foot Guards, served in Sicily and the Peninsular 
War. Present at the battle of Barossa, March 5th, 
1811, for which he received the gold war medal. 



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1791. W. William Lloyd, late Major, Royal 
Artillery British ; highly distinguished at the battle of 
Quatre Bras. Died at Brussels, July 29th, 1815, from 
wounds received at the Battle of WATERLOO, 1815. 

1791. Honourable Edward Meade, late Ensign 
40th Flank Company, killed at the disembarkation of 
Sir Ralph Abercromby’s army, at Aboukir, March 8th, 

1801. 

1791. John Chester, Colonel, Royal Artillery, 
served in Holland, 1799, and under Sir John Moore in 
Spain, 1809, at the battles of Sahagun and Benaventum. 
Silver war medal. 

1791. George Guy Carleton L’ Estrange, Com¬ 
panion of the Order of the Bath ; late Lieutenant Gene¬ 
ral, and Colonel of the 95th regiment, commanded the 
31 st regiment at the battle of Albuera, 1811; present 
also at the battles of Busaco, siege of Olivenca, Bada- 
joz, and Arroya de Molina ; served on the staff at the 
Mauritius for seven years. Gold war medal for 
Albuera. Died in 1 848. 

1792. Henry Arden, late Lieutenant 61st In¬ 
fantry, killed at the battle of Toulouse, April 10th, 

1814. 

1792. Frederick Welstead, late Commander 
R. N., Lieutenant of the Canopus in the action off 
St. Domingo, 6th February, 1806, and at the passage 
of the Dardanelles February 1807, died 1848. 

1792. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, Vice 
Admiral 1852, M. P. for the County of Wicklow 
1812, 1818, and 1820, was Midshipman of the Van¬ 
guard, Lord Nelson’s Flag Ship at the battle of the 


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Nile, wounded in the Fondroyant at the capture of 
Guillaume Tell, 84 guns, when escaping from Malta, 
March 3rd, 1800, by Fondroyant, 80 guns, Lion, 60 
guns, and Penelope, 36 guns. The heroic defence of 
Guillaume Tell, now Malta, on this occasion, against 
the British Squadron with her colours flying, until she 
became an ungovernable log, was particularly mentioned 
by the late Dr. Arnold, in his Eighth Lecture on Modern 
History, delivered at Oxford in 1841. Hon. G. L. 
Pro by was Lieutenant of the Neptune at the battle of 
Trafalgar, October 21st, 1805, the third ship in Lord 
Nelson’s column of ^attack. Twenty-three Rugbeians 
are known to have been present at the Battle of V ater- 
loo, but Vice Admiral Proby was probably the only one 
engaged in the glorious victories of the Nile and Tra¬ 
falgar ; entitled to the silver medal with two clasps. 

1793. John Potter Hamilton, Colonel, Cornet 
of the Scotch Greys, 1794, and remained at school 
some weeks after receiving his commission; shortly 
afterwards joined the regiment in Flanders under the 
command of his R. H. the late Duke of York; pre¬ 
sent at the action of Contigu£, near Antwerp; and sub¬ 
sequently at the siege of Nemeguen, 1798. In the 
early part of 1812 commanded the Castle and Garrison 
of Malazzo ; and, as Lord William Bentinck, the Am¬ 
bassador and General in command in Sicily had decided 
on sending a considerable expedition on the east coast of 
Spain, was appointed to the command of a Swiss regi¬ 
ment in the British service; commanded this corps at the 
battle of Castella, in which action the army under the 
command of Field Marshal Suchet was defeated, and 
for this affair received the Spanish Order of St. Ferdi¬ 
nand; afterwards second in command at the St. Philip, 
in Catalonia, which was captured after a siege of ten 
days. In the latter end of 1813 appointed Lieutenant 
Colonel of the 83rd regiment, forming part of the 4th 


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division of the Duke of Wellington’s army. In 1823 
the late Mr. Canning, then Minister for Foreign Affairs, 
decided on sending two Commissions, each consisting of 
three Commissioners, to the Republics of Mexico and 
Columbia, and in consequence of the Reports made of 
the Political state of these two Republics by the Com¬ 
missioners, Great Britain acknowledged the indepen¬ 
dence of these States, and Consul General and Consuls 
were appointed, tie was then appointed, with Major 
General Campbell, Minister Plenipotentiary to negociate 
a treaty of Amity and Commerce between Great Bri¬ 
tain and the Republic of Columbia. This was subse¬ 
quently ratified by the two houses of parliament; and 
for this service, as Chief Minister Plenipotentiary, the 
Colonel received a Snuff Box of the value of £500, 
with the portrait of His Majesty surrounded with bril¬ 
liants; the Order of Liberators of Venezuela of the 
first class. He was appointed by William IV. a Knight 
of the Hanoverian Gulphic Order. Author of Travels 
in Columbia in 1827. 



. ■ 1794. Robert Dalrymple, Lieutenant in the 3rd 

-I Foot Guards, killed at the battle of Talavera, 1809. 

iij i 1795. W. Fiennes Sanderson Miller, Lieut. 
Colonel, Companion of the Order of the Bath ; com¬ 
manded the Sixth Enniskillen Dragoons at the battle of 
WATERLOO, June 18th, 1815, where he was severely 
•i wounded. 


1795. Lieutenant General Sir Willoughby 
Cotton, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, and Grand 
Cross of the Dooranie Order, Knight Companion of 
the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; Colonel of the 
98th regiment, 1852. Entered the army in 1798, as 
Ensign in the 3rd Guards, served in Germany and 
at Copenhagen, where he was appointed Adjutant 





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General to the reserve under the Great Duke, and 
Was present at the battle of Kisge, and accompanied 
that Commander to Spain on the Adjutant General’s 
Staff, served under General Crawford at Coa, was 
present at the battles of Busaco 1810, Vittoria 1813, 
and Nive 1813; commanded the Light Infantry at 
the Passage of the Adour, and at the action there. 
Served during the campaign in France, commanded 
the piquets of the 2nd Brigade of Guards on the 
night of the sortie at Bayonne, became a Lieutenant 
General of the army, Commander of the Madras 
Forces, and second in command to Sir Archibald 
Campbell in the Burmese War of 1824-5-6. On the 
15th of December, 1824, commanded one of the 
columns of attack upon the Burmese Forces at Kohain 
when the position of the Burmese Army of 20,000 
men was stormed and carried by 1300 British Infantry 
and 160 Cavalry; Feb. 19th, 1835, commanded the 
troops which stormed the stockade of Panlang, and 
again, March 7th, the division which attacked the stock¬ 
ades of Donabew ; Nov. 30th, commanded the division 
which stormed the stockaded position at Zimbike, 
when the Burmese were defeated with the loss of 
their gallant general, 75 years old, Maha Nemiow; and 
engaged on the 1st of December, when the fortified 
ridge of Napadee was carried; December 5th, com¬ 
manded the division which dislodged the Burmese 
from several stockades on the West Bank of the 
Irrawaddy ; commanded a division of Infantry at the 
storming of Melloon, January 19th, 1826. After thp 
peace in Ava, 1826, invested with the title of “ Kee 
Woongie” which means a Lord of the Birman Empire. 
Sir Willoughby was Commander of the forces in Jamaica 
from about 1829 till 1834. A general insurrection of 
the slaves broke out December 25th 1831, Martial Law 
was declared, and the rebellion put down by the 
General in a campaign of two months. Lieutenant 




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Governor of Plymouth; commanded a division at the 
storming of Ghuznee July 22nd 1839; was Commander 
in Chiet ’at Bombay, and first memberof (hat Presidency 
from 1847 to 1850. Silver war medal with three 
clasps for Busaco, Vittoria, and the Nive. 

1795. Kenelm Somerville, seventeenth Lord 
Somerville, Admiral, R. N. Lord Somerville served 
as Mipshipman, 1801 to 1807, in the Mars, 74; 
Narcissus, 32, in which ship he was present at the 
capture of the French corvette L’Alcyon, of 16 guns, 
and was also employed in blockading the French 
fleet in Toulon, under Lord Nelson. In 1805, joined 
the t Medusa, and escorted the Marquis Cornwallis, 
Governor General, to India ; on returning home, joined 
the Revenge, 74, in the fleet off* Rochfort. In 1806, 
assisted in the capture of four French frigates, which 
escaped from Rochfort, with troops on board for the 
relief of Martinique; promoted to Lieutenancy, 1807. 
December, 1810, in the Phoebe, 36, employed in the 
expedition and capture of the Isle of France. In 1811, 
was present at Madagascar, with the squadron consisting 
of the Active, 36, Phoebe, 36, Galatea, 36, and Race 
Horse, 18 ; in the action with three French frigates 
of 44 guns each, with troops on board for the relief of 
the Isle of France, which ended after a severe action 
in the capture of the Renommee and Nereide frigates ; 
the Clorinda escaped during the night. In 1811, 
served in the Phoebe at the capture of Java, and was 
appointed acting commander of the Sarabay, a Dutch 
brig captured there; promoted to be a Commander 
in 1812. In . 1813, appointed to command the Thames, 
32 guns, troop ship, embarking 44th regiment, from 
Bourdeaux; served in the expedition in North America, 
under the command of Sir Alexander Cochrane and 
General Ross, against Washington and Baltimore, and 
commanded a division of boats at the attack of the 


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WAR SERVICES. 


American commander Barney’s Flotilla of gun boats in 
the Patuxent River, which ended in their destruction. 
Appointed Post Captain, 1814, and succeeded to the 
rank of retired Rear-Admiral. In 1849, silver naval 
medal, with two clasps. 

1795. George Cholmley, Colonel Cholmley, 
formerly Captain of the 7th Hussars, engaged at the 
battles of Sahagun, Dec. 1808; and Benaventum, 1809; 
present also at the battle of Corunna. Silver war 
medal. 

1796. W, Hon. Edward Henry Irby, late 
Lieutenant Colonel; Captain of the first Royal Dragoons 
at the battle of WATERLOO, 18 15, where his horse was 
wounded or killed at the first charge, and he was taken 
prisoner. In the height of the battle be was shut up in 
a cellar at Nivelles, and with the connivance of some 
officer in authority was permitted to conceal himself be¬ 
hind a pillar, where he quietly waited until the English 
troops made their appearance, and then joined his regi¬ 
ment. Died 1821. 


1796. Charles Hervey Smith, late Brigade Ma¬ 
jor at Plymouth, engaged in the battles of Roleia and 
Vimiera, August, 1808. Silver war medal, with two 
clasps. 

1796. Brook Brydges Parlby, Lieutenant 
General, Honourable East India Company’s Service, 
Colonel of the 35th Native Infantry, Madras, Com¬ 
panion of the Order of the Bath ; Lieutenant of the 
7th Native Infantry, Hydrabad Subsidiary Force, at 
the battle of Argaum, November 29th, 1803, 

when the Rajah of Berar’s army, commanded by 
Venkagee Munja Baboo, was defeated by the British 
army, commanded by General Wellesley, afterwards 
Duke of Wellington, with the loss of thirty-eight pieces 




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of cannon with their ammunition;—on this day the 
great Duke was on horseback from six in the morning 
till nearly twelve at night. Wounded at the storm¬ 
ing of Gawilghur, 15th December, 1803, the British 
forces still being under the command of the great Duke ; 
and severely wounded at the attack of the Fort of 
of Lassoulgaum, 8th October, 1804; Lieutenant Col. 
in the Burmese War, 1825, commanded a division 
of the army in the attack upon Maha Bundoolah’s 
trenches, near Rangoon, on the 8th of December, 
1824, when the troops under his command were among 
the first to make an impression from which the enemy 
never recovered, as they lost 5000 men and 240 pieces of 
cannon ; on the next day, at the head of the 89th regi¬ 
ment, and 300 of the 12th and 30th Madras Native 
Infantry, drove the Burmese in great confusion from all 
their strongholds, and as the Commander-in-Chief 
stated, fully confirmed the high opinion entertained of 
him by bis coolness and judgment; commanded the 
28th and 43rd regiments of Madras Native Infantry at 
the storming of Melloon; January 13th, 1826, and at 
the head of the 43rd regiment again, on the 9th of 
February, when the Burmese army, consisting of 18,000 
men, under the command of Nawing Phuring, or 
Prince of Sunset, was defeated at Pagahm Mew by the 
British troops of 2000 men. The Prince of Sunset, on 
his return to Ava, was cruelly tortured and finally be¬ 
headed. The King of Burmah then accepted the terms 
proposed by Sir Archibald Campbell, and the war was 
terminated. 

1796. W. Edward Holbeche, late Captain of 
the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons, engaged at WATERLOO, 
June 18th, 1815. Died June, 1847. 

1796. W. Gillow John Tappenden, Captain 
of the 54th Regiment at WATERLOO, June, 1815. 



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1796. W. Sir George Charles Hoste, Lieut. 
Colonel, Royal Engineers, and Knight of the Order of 
Merit in Sicily, served at the battles of Maida, and at 
the siege of Scylla Castle, in 1806; at the attack on 
Alexandria and Rosette, in Egypt, in 1807; at the tak¬ 
ing of the Islands of Ischia and Procida, and at the 
siege of Ischia Castle, in 1809. He was in the action 
on board H. M. ship Spartan, in the Bay of Naples, 
May 3rd, 1810, when the Spartan, of 46 guns and 258 
men defeated a French Neapolitan squadron, mounting 
95 guns, with about 1400 men, capturing the Sparviere, 
of 8 guns, and 98 men, for which he received the 
third class of the Neapolitan Order of St. Ferdinand 
and merit. He joined the army in Holland in Novem¬ 
ber, 1813, and was present at the attack on Antwerp, 
and led the Guards at the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom, 
March 9th, 1814. He served also in the campaign of 
1815; and was attached to the Prince of Orange, as 
senior officer of Engineers, with the first corps at 
WATERLOO, June 18, 1815. He was also at the 
attack and surrender of Peronne, and at the capitula¬ 
tion of Paris; and was one of the Commissioners ap¬ 
pointed to give over the Fortress of Thurnville and 
other strong holds, from the French to the Prussians. 
Died April 21st, 1845. 

1797. The Marquis of Westmeath, formerly Cap. 
tain of the 3rd Coldstream Guards ; served under Sir 
Ralph Abercromby in Egypt, 1801 ; engaged at the 
landing, March 8th, taking of Aboukir, March 13th, 
and battle of Alexandria, March 21st. Silver war 
medal. 

1797. Samuel G. Dukinfield, Captain of the 
7th Light Dragoons; served in the Peninsula, under Sir 
John Moore, in 1809; and present at the battles of 
Sahagun and Benaventum; shipwrecked on his re- 



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turn from Spain, after the battle of Corunna, in the 
Dispatch transport, near Helston, Cornwall, January 
22nd, 1810. 

1797. Sir John Lloyd Dukinfield, sixth Ba¬ 
ronet, formerly in the Grenadier Guards, and served 
through Sir John Moore’s campaign, in 1809; engaged 
at the battle of Corunna ; present also at the taking of 
Mauritius ; severely wounded in the attack on Bergen- 
op-Zoom, 9th March, 1814. Died 1836. 

1797. W, Clement Swetenham, late Captain 
of the 16th Dragoons ; served in the Peninsula under 
the Duke of Wellington, from 1809 to 1814, and was 
present at the following battles:—Grizon, horse killed; 
Talavera, 1809; Busaco, 1810; Leyria, severely 
wounded ; Fuentes D’Onor, 1811; and WATERLOO, 
1815. Silver war medal with four clasps. Died 1852. 

1798. William Archibald Warre, late Lieut. 
R. N.; present at the siege of Flushing, 1809; and at 
the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads, 1809. 

1798. W. Francis Le Blanc, formerly Colonel 
of the 46th Foot; engaged in the battles of Corunna, 
1809; Fuentes D'Onor, 1811; Badajoz, 1812; Sala¬ 
manca, 1812; Vittoria, 1813; St. Sebastian, 1813; 
Lieutenant of the 95th regiment at Quatre Bras and 
WATERLOO, 1815. Silver war medal with six clasps, 

1798. W. Hon. Edward Acheson, Colonel, 
Companion of the Order of the Bath ; Ensign of the 
2nd Guards; served in Egypt and the Mediteranean, 
1801 ; Major of the 67th regiment at the battle of Ba- 
rossa, 1811; and raised immediately to the rank of 
Lieutenant Colonel ; Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd 


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Foot Guards at the battle of WATERLOO, 1815. 
Gold war medal for Barossa. Died 1828. 


1798. W. Sir Theophilus Biddulph, sixth Ba- 

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ronet; Trustee of Rugby School, 1844; Lieutenant in 
the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons at the battle of WATER¬ 
LOO, 1815. 

1799. Jodrell Leigh, Captain R. N., was Mid¬ 
shipman of the Leander at the capture of the French 
frigate Ville de Milan, and recapture of the English 
frigate Cleopatra, Feb. 23rd, 1805. In 1808 was 
Lieutenant of the Melampus at the capture of the Ce- 
lebri, 16 guns, and Le Beauharnais, 16 guns; present 
also at the reduction of Guadaloupe. 


1799. Hon. Charles Joseph Kelly Monck, third 
Viscount Monck, late Lieutenant in the 43rd Light 
Infantry; present at the battles of Vittoria, 1813; 
Nive, 1813; Nivelle, 1813; Pyrennees, 1813; and 
Toulouse, 1814. Silver war medal with five clasps. 
Died 1849. —(Dr. Bloxam.) 

1799. W. George Luard, late Major of the 17th 
Lancers ; Lieutenant of the 4th Light Dragoons at the 
battle of Talavera, 1809; in the retreat to the lines of 
Torres des Vedras and occupation of them. He sub¬ 
sequently took part in fourteen other actions, including 
those of Albuera, 1811; Vittoria, 1813; Burgos, 1812; 
and the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812. Afterwards 
served as Captain in the 18th Hussars; and was present 
in the engagements of the Pyrenees, 1813; Pampeluna, 
1813; Nivelle, 1813; Nive, 1813; Orthes, 1814; and 
Toulouse, 1814; Major of the 18th Hussars at the 
battle of WATERLOO, 1815; after which he accom¬ 
panied the army of occupation in France. Silver war 
medal with seven clasps. Died Dec. 1847. 




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1799. Henry Hanmer, formerly M. P. for 
Aylesbury, and Lieut. Colonel Royal Horse Guards ; 
engaged at Vittoria, 3813; and the Pyrennees, 1813. 
Silver war medal with two clasps. 

1799. J. Thomas Warre, late Lieutenant Hon. 
E. I. Company's Artillery; killed in action with the 
Pindaries, near Sonai, April 16th, 1817. 

1800. W Frank Warde, Lieutenant Colonel of 
the Royal Artillery; engaged in the Peninsular War, 
1810—1814, and at WATERLOO, 1815. 

1800. Charles Shirley, formerly Captain of the 
2nd regiment of Foot Guards; joined the Duke of 
Wellington’s army at Burgos just before the retreat in 
1812; present at the battles of Vittoria, 1813; Nive, 
1813; and Nivelle, 1813; at all the actions in the 
French Pyrennees ; the blockade, and subsequent sor¬ 
tie from Bayonne ; joined the allied army at Paris im¬ 
mediately after the battle of Waterloo, 1815. Silver 
war medal with three clasps.—(Dr. Bloxam.) 

1800. W. Joseph Doherty, Captain 13th Light 
Dragoons at the battle of WATERLOO, 1815, where 
he was wounded. 

1800. W. George Doherty, Lieutenant of the 
13th Light Dragoons, at the battle of WATERLOO, 
1815; wounded. 

1800. W. John Townsend, engaged at the 
battles of Nive, 1813, and Nivelle, 1813; Lieutenant 
British Horse Artillery at the battle of WATERLOO, 
1815, where his horse was killed under him. Silver 
war medal with two clasps. 


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WAR SERVICES 


1801. W. Sir Trevor Wheeler, ninth Baronet, 
Major in the army; and Lieutenant Colonel Com¬ 
mandant of the North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry; 
served in the 16th Light Dragoons, and the 5th Dra¬ 
goon Guards ; and was engaged with the former regi¬ 
ment in the following actions : Redinha, March 12th, 
1811; Foz d'Avonce and Sabugal, April 3rd, 1811, 
on the retreat of Massena’s army from the lines of San- 
tarem ; Fuentes d’Onor, 1811; Leevena, Salamanca, 
1813; Nivelles, 1813, and the Nive, 1813; Lieutenant 
of the 16th Light Dragoons, at the battle of WATER¬ 
LOO, 1815. Silver war medal, with four clasps, for 
Fuentes d’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, and Nivelle.— 
(School House.) 

1802. David Hanmer, Lieutenant R. N. ; was 
Midshipman of the Ajax in Sir Robert Calder’s action, 
July, 1805, when the English fleet of fifteen sail of the 
line, defeated the French fleet of twenty sail of the 
line, capturing the San Rafael, 80 guns, and Firme, 74 
guns.— (Mr. Birch). 

1802. Edward Biddulph, Lieutenant Colonel 
Hon. E. I. Company’s Artillery, Bengal, Companion of 
the Bath; engaged in the Burmese war, 1825, also at 
the battles of Sobraon, 1846, and Chillianwalla, 1849.— 
(Mr. Bucknill.) 

1803. Benjamin Whichcote, Major, in the 43rd 
regiment at the battle of New Orleans, January 8th, 
1815.—(Mrs. Wratislaw.) 

1803. Robert Grimes, Lieutenant, Royal Artil¬ 
lery ; engaged at the assault and capture of Ciudad 
Rodrigo, 1812, and Badajoz, 1812, where he was 
wounded. Silver war medal, with two clasps.—(School 
House.) 




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1803. W. George Whichcote, Colonel; left 
Rugby before his sixteenth birth-day, and joined im¬ 
mediately the 52nd regiment in the Peninsula, then 
employed in following up Massena’s retreat; present 
during the five succeeding years in the following 
battles and sieges, Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812 ; Badajoz 
1812; Salamanca, 1813; Vittoria, 1813; Pyrenees, 
1813; Nivelle, 1813; Nive, 1813; Orthes, 1814; 
Toulouse, 1814; and WATERLOO, June 1815; pre¬ 
sent also at the surrender of Paris, 1815. The senior prae¬ 
postor of the week, on whom the duty then devolved 
of asking for a holiday for this event, was a form- 
fellow at Rugby, of the Colonel’s, when he left School 
for the Peninsula. Silver war medal, with nine clasps, 
before he was twenty-one years old. (Mrs. Wratislaw.) 

1803. William Henry Dwarris, Midshipman 
of the Loire, 38 guns: and present, January 1809, at 
the capture of the French corvette Hebe, of 20 
guns; also at the capture of the Islands of Martinique 
and Guadaloupe. Silver naval medal, with two clasps. 
(Mr. Gascoigne.) 

1804. John Chamberlayne, Commander R. N.; 
w r as Midshipman of the Boadicea, 38 guns, at the re¬ 
duction of the Island of Bourbon; the capture of 
Venus, 44 guns, bearing the broad pendant of Com¬ 
modore de Hamelin, and her prize, the Ceylon, of 32 
guns, after an action of ten minutes ; at the reduction 
of Mauritius, 1810; afterwards, in 1813, as Senior 
Lieutenant of the Weasel, in absence of the captain ; 
assisted in the siege and capture of Zara. Silver naval 
medal.—(School House.) 

1805. John T. Paulson, Commander R. N.; was 
Senior Lieutenant of the Sophie, in the Burmese war, 





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and engaged at Rangoon, 1825; commanded the 
Espoir, on the Lisbon Station, from 1838 to 1842; and 
is a Knight of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and 
Sword, for services rendered to the Portuguese Govern¬ 
ment during that time. Silver naval medal.— (Town.) 

1807. W. Edward Neville Macready, 
(Brother to the celebrated Tragedian), late Major of the 
30th Foot; ensign of that regiment at Quatre Bras and 
WATERLOO, June 18, 1815, where he won his Lieut¬ 
enancy, at the age of seventeen. On the morning of 
that eventful day Macready’s light company of Skir¬ 
mishers consisted of 3 officers and 51 men; of these, 
2 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 bugler, and 37 privates, were 
killed or wounded ; 6 more were away assisting them ; 
and this gallant boy, hardly knowing whether to laugh 
or cry, mustered at night, 2 non-commissioned officers 
and 8 privates, formed 4 deep, with a front of 2 men. 
Engaged in the East Indies in the assault and cap¬ 
ture of the Fortress of Asseer Ghur; afterwards mili¬ 
tary secretary to Sir John Wilson, at Ceylon ; Aide- 
de-camp to Stuart Mackenzie, Esq., Governor of the 
Ionian Isles. Author of a Sketch of Suwarrow, and 
his last campaign. Extracts from his interesting 
journals may be found in the United Service Magazine, 
1852-53. His account of the battle of Waterloo is 
quoted, and mentioned in terms of high commendation, 
by Professor Creasy, in “ The Fifteen Decisive Battles 
of the World. Died Nov. 4th, 1848.— (Mr. Birch.) 

1808. W. Somerville Waldemar Burgess; 
engaged at Nivelle, 1813, and Nive, 1813; Lieut, in 
the Coldstream Guards, at the battle of WATERLOO, 
June, 1815, where he was severely wounded, with leg 
amputated. Silver war medal, with two clasps.— 
(School House.) 




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1808. John Albritt, Captain Madras Artillery; 
Lieutenant in the Burmese war, in 1824, and 1825; 
May 11th, present at the taking of Rangoon ; June 
10th, engaged taking stockades, on the road to and at 
Kemmendine ; 1st July, employed in defending the 
British lines; 8th July, present when seven stockades 
were taken, on the Dalha side of the river, their com¬ 
mander, Soomba Woonghee, being killed; 30th Aug. 
present when the British Camp was attacked by the 
Burmese Invulnerables of 3000 men, who soon found 
it prudent to retrace their steps with all possible ex¬ 
pedition ; October 3rd, present when the Todagabe 
stockade was carried, and again on the 4th October, at 
the battle of the Pagoda, at Keyklow, employed in 
the steamer Enterprise, against the enemies’ war boats ; 
9th December, engaged at the attack upon Kemmen¬ 
dine, by the Burmese.—(Mr. Stanley.) 

1808. W. Henry Ellis Boates, formerly 
Lieutenant Colonel of the Blues; engaged at Toulouse, 
1814 ; Lieutenant at WATERLOO, B315, where his 
horse was shot under him. Silver war medal for Tou¬ 
louse.—(Dr. Bloxam.) 

1809. Bempde Johnstone, Volunteer 93rd regi¬ 
ment, killed at the battle of New Orleans, January 
8th, 1815.—(Mr. Stanley.) 

1810. Francis Wheler, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 
Honorable E. I. Company’s Service, served in the 2nd 
Bengal Cavalry during Sir John Keane’s Campaign, in 
Afghanistan. When that regiment was disbanded for 
deserting their officers at the battle of Purwandurrah, 
November 2nd, 1840, he raised and commanded the 
7th Irregular Bengal Cavalry, served with the army of 
the Punjaub throughout the operations in the vicinity, 
and siege, and capture of Mooltan, and distinguished 
himself at the head of his Cavalry in a charge at 


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Soonikoona, near Mooltan, where he swept the enemy’s 
position, and captured their guns. Fie was also at the 
taking of Ghuznee, July 22nd, 1839, and the occupa* 
tion of Cabool by Sir John Keane’s army. Medal of 
the Third Class of Dooranie Order.—(School House.) 

1811. William Hayhurst Hall, Commander 
R. N., contributed in 1826, in the capacity of acting 
Lieutenant of the Alligator, to the destruction of a large 
36 gun stockade at Than-ta-bein, the annihilation of 
numerous fire rafts and canoes on the river Irra¬ 
waddy, and at the capture of the formidable Fortress 
of Donoobew and Melloon. His gallantry on the 6th 
of February, 1825, at the storming of the stockade, at 
Than-de-bein, which he was one of the first to enter, 
was so conspicuous that it obtained him the particular 
notice of the Governor General of India in Council. 
He was senior Lieutenant of the Thunderer, at the 
attack of St. Jean d’Acre, November 4th, 1840. Silver 
Naval Medal.—(Dr. Bloxam.) 

1811. John Wheatley, Commander R. N. was 
Midshipman of the Liverpool during operations in the 
Persian Gulf, in 1819 and 1820, dangerously burnt at 
the destruction of three Pirates in the Archipelago, in 
1826, while Senior Lieutenant of the Alacrity.—(Mr. 
Townsend.) 

1812. Clopton Lewis Wingfield, late Major 
of the 66th regiment; formerly Lieutenant 13th Light 
Infantry, and engaged with that distinguished regi¬ 
ment in the Burmese War in the following actions :— 
May 28th, 1824, at the attack and carrying the 
stockades of Juayhyvaug; June 10th, at the storm¬ 
ing the stockades of Kimmendine; June 14th, attack 
on stockades at Cheduba, where the Burmese Chief in 
command was killed; July 8th, attack and carrying 
seven stockades when Soomba Woonghee, third minis- 




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ter of the Burmese Empire was killed ; December 1 st, 
attack upon the Burmese position at Puzendoon, and 
again on the 7th of December, when Bundoolah’s army 
was completely routed ; December 15th, at Kimmen- 
dine, when the Burmese troops were repulsed with the 
loss of their Chief; December 1st, 1825, engaged on 
the heights of Napadee, when the Burmese were again 
put to flight ; January 19th, 1826, at the storming of 
Melloon; February 9th, at the battle of Pagahm Mew, 
when the Burmese being completely defeated, submitted 
to the terms proposed, and the war was concluded. 
Died December, 1846.—(School House.) 

1812. William Gossip, late Lieutenant 41st 
regiment, killed in action when the Burmese were de¬ 
feated on the Heights of Napadee, December 1st, 1825. 
—(Mrs. Bucknill.) 

1813. Robert Trevor, late Major 3rd Bengal 
Cavalry, present at the pass of the Khoord Cabul, and 
honourably mentioned by Sir Robert Sale, October 
12th, 1841 ; assassinated with Sir William Hay Mac- 
naghten, by an Ambuscade formed by Akbar Khan, at 
Cabool, December 25th, 1841.—(School House.) 

1813. James Fraser, Companion of the Bath, 
formerly Major of the 1 1th Bengal Light Cavalry, Cap¬ 
tain of the 2nd Cavalry at the battle of Purwandurrah, 
November, 2nd, 1840. In gallantly making an attack 
upon the enemy’s Horse, supposed to be headed by 
Dost Mahomet in person, he and five other officers 
found themselves unsupported by their men, when Cap¬ 
tain Fraser exclaimed, “We charge alone.’’ One officer 
was killed, the other’s being severely wounded, extri¬ 
cated themselves by cutting through the enemy. The 
two squadrons of the 2nd Bengal Cavalry for their mis¬ 
conduct on this occasion, were shortly afterwards 


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drummed round the square at Ferozepore, and finally ( 
out of the Cantonments to the tune of the “ Hogue’s 
March,” when they were disbanded ; Major Fraser was 
also one of the defenders of Jelladabad with Sir 
Robert Sale, April, 1842. Order of the 3rd class of 
the Dooranie Empire.—(Mr. Birch.) 

1813. Honourable William Noel Hill, Lieut. 
Colonel, 1846 ; Lieutenant of the 87th Royal Fusileers 
in the Burmese War, 1825 and 1826; was present at 
the actions of Prome and Tandwayn, and also at the 
storming of Melloon, January 19th, 1826. Medal. 
— (School House.) 

1814. Henry William Adams, Colonel, Com¬ 
panion of the Bath, Lieutenant Colonel of the 49th 
regiment; commanded the 18th Royal Irish during the 
campaign in China, 1840-41-42 ; present at the capture 
of Tinghae-hee, and Isle of Chusan, 1840 ; attack on 
Canton, May, 1841; capture of Amoy, August 26th, 
1841 ; Tinghae and recapture of the Isle of Chusan, 
October 1st, 1841; Chin-hae, October 10th, 1841; 
Ningpo, October 13th, 1842. Constantly honourably 
mentioned in Lord Gough’s dispatches.—(School 
House.) 

1814. William Henry Vicars, Lieutenant Colo¬ 
nel 61st regiment, present at the battles of Chillian- 
walla, 1849, and Goojerat, 1849; at the passage of the 
Chenib, near the town of Ramnuggar, 1848; also at 
Sadoolapore. Medal with two clasps.—(Mrs. Bucknill.) 

1814. Watkin Wingfield, formerly Lieutenant 
in the Body Guard of the Honourable E. I. Company’s 
Service; present in the 10th Light Cavalry at the 
siege and storming of Bhurtpore, 1826. Silver war 
medal.—(School House.) 




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1817. John Grimes, Captain of the 8th regiment 
Native Infantry, Madras, served in the Kimedy and 
Goomsoor campaigns of 1835, 36, and 37; and in the 
affairs between Gullery and Doorgapersaud, 13th, 14th, 
and 15th November, 1835; Gullery and Nowgaum, 
17th and 18th November, 1835; Kolady and Gullery, 
11th and 12th February, 1836; and at Ambuzarrah, in 
May, 1836.—(School House.) 

1818. William Wiley Chambers, Captain R. 
N. 1846; was Senior Lieutenant and Acting Comman¬ 
der of the Wellesley, in 1838 and 1839, during the service 
of suppressing an insurrection on the Coast of Malabar, 
and reducing fortress of Kuratchee, also employed in 
co-operation with the army on the Coast of Scinde. 
—(Town.) 

1819. George Curtis Adams, Commander R. 
N. served on the Coast of Syria, in H. M. ship 
Magicienne, 1840. Two medals, one the silver naval 
medal presented by government.—-{School House.) 

1820. Arthur Conolly, late Captain in the East 
India Company’s Service; author of a Journey to the 
North of India over land from England, through Russia, 
Persia, and Affghanistan, 1829; highly distinguished at 
the battle of Bameen, September 10th, 1840; murdered 
with Colonel Stoddart by the King of Bokhara, July, 
1842, under pretence of having induced the Khans of 
Kiva and Kohan to wage war against him.—(Mrs. 
Bucknill.) 

1820. Grey Skipwith, Commander R. N. was 
Lieutenant of the Cornwallis in the Chinese War, 1842, 
and promoted for his services at the capture of Chapoo, 



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Woosung, Shanshae, and Chin Kiang. War naval 
medal.—(School House.) 

1821. Charles Rattray, late Captain in the 20th 
regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. He accompanied 
Sir Charles Wade, whilst escorting treasure for the 
troops of Shah Shoojah Ool Moolk, who presented him 
with the Dooranie Order. In consequence of his merits 
and knowledge of the Persian language, he was ap¬ 
pointed Political Agent at Bamean; and afterwards in 
the Kohistan of Kabool he was thanked for his gal¬ 
lantry in the Mountain Passes, leading from Peshawar, 
by the late Colonel Dennie. When in the command of 
Jambay Cavalry, his conduct was conspicuous, killing 
many chiefs in single combat. Whilst Political Agent 
and Treasurer in the service of Shah Shoojah Ool 
Moolk, he was assassinated in the Kohistan of Kabool, 
November 2nd, 1841.—(School House.) 

1826. George Biddulph, Major 45th Native 
Infantry, Bengal; served during the Campaign on the 
Sutledge, and with the Army of the Punjaub ; present 
at the actions of Chillianwalla, 1849, and Goojerat, 
1849. Medal. When proceeding to join his regiment, 
Captain Tait’s Third Irregular Horse, he was sur¬ 
rounded and taken prisoner by a party of Sikhs near 
Ferozepore, early on the morning of the battle of 
Moodkee, 18th December, 1845, when he was conveyed 
up and down the Sikh Camp mounted behind a trooper 
to be shown as the first prisoner taken; many of the 
enemy struck and abused him, and in the heat of the 
battle, he was placed on a board behind a cannon, ex¬ 
pecting every moment his head to be rolling on the 
ground. His undaunted bravery, however, under these 
circumstances, and tall figure, six feet four inches, 
elicited much admiration and exclamations, that he was 
a true Englishman, and two days afterwards he was re- 




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leased, and allowed to join the British army.—(Dr. 
Bloxam.) 

1827. Samuel Tolfrey Christie, Captain 80th 
regiment, engaged at the storming and capture of 
Prome in the Burmese War, 1852.—(School House.) 

1827. David Rattray, formerly Captain in Prince 
Albert’s 13th regiment ; served throughout the cam¬ 
paigns in Afghanistan, from 1838 to 1842 inclusive; 
present at the storming of Ghuznee, July 23rd, 1839. 
Medal. Present at the assault and capture of the 
Town and Ports of Tootan-durrah ; storming of Jool- 
ghur ; night attack on Baboo Khoorsh Ghur ; destruc¬ 
tion of Khardurrah ; assault of Purwandurrah ; storm¬ 
ing of the Khoord Cabool Pass; affair of Tezeen; 
forcing the Jugdulluck Pass ; reduction of the Fort of 
Mamoo Khail ; heroic defence of Jellalabad; and 
sorties on the 14th of November, and 1st December, 
1841, 11th March, 24th March, and 1st April, 1842; 
general action and defeat of Akbar Khan before Jella¬ 
labad. Medal. Storming the heights of Jugdulluck; 
General Action of Tezeen, and recapture of Cabool. 
Medal. Severely wounded in forcing the Jugdulluck 
Pass, 29th October, 1841.—(School House.) 

1828. Charles Gill, Captain of the 17th regi¬ 
ment Native Infantry, Madras; served in the Cam¬ 
paign of Goomsor, 1836, and with the Field Force 
against Goolburgah, 1848.—(Dr. Bloxam.) 

1829. Edward Nightingale, Lieutenant 23rd 
regiment. Light Infantry, Madras; served with Col. 
Wallace's Field Force in the Kolapore Territory, 
in September and October, 1844; Colonel Delamotte’s 
Field Force, November and December, 1844 ; present 
with the first Company of the regiment on escort duty 

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to Kalapore, at the latter end of October, 1844, with 
Colonel Outram, C. B.; was present at the siege and 
storm of Samanghur, from 19th September to 13th 
October, and Punnelle, December 1st, 1844.—(Town.) 

1829. Charles John Gibb, Captain of the Royal 
Engineers; served at the Cape of Good Hope, from 
1842 to 1848 ; commanded a detachment, and drew the 
plan of the Triangular Entrenched Camp at Fort Natal, 
where he was present when it was attacked by the 
Boers, 1842.— (Town.) 

1830. Manners Randolph Nightingale, First 

Lieutenant of the Second European Bengal Fusileers; 
served during the Campaign in the Punjaub; present at 
Ramnugger, the passage of the Chenib, and battle of 
Chillianwalla, 1849, where he was severely wounded. 
Medal.— (Town.) 1 

1830. Charles Wilbraham Radcliffe, Captain 
7th regiment, Light Cavalry, Bengal; served during 
the Campaign on the Sutledge ; present at the action 
of Sobraon, 1846. Medal.—{Town.) 

1831. Henry Donnithorne Swetenham, late 
Lieutenant of FI. M. 16th Lancers; killed at the battle 
of Aliwal, January 29th, 1846.—(School blouse.) 

1832. W illiam Frederick Marriott, Lieutenant 
Bombay Corps of Engineers, engaged at the storming 
and capture of Ghuznee, 1839.—(Mr. Price.) 

1832. James Tyrrel Carter Ross, Officer of 
the Medical Department, Bengal; served with the 
Force in the Punjaub Campaign, 1848-1849. Medal. 

—(Town.) 




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1833. William Sparkes Hatch, Captain of the 
Bombay Artillery; commanded a detachment of his 
regiment at the capture of the Fort of Warkheira, 31st 
October, 1841.—(Town.) 

1833. John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Captain 
R. N. ; served in the Trinculo, 16 guns, on the Cape of 
Good Hope Station, and West Coast of Africa; employed 
on shore at Algoa Bay during the Caffre War, and at the 
capture of five slavers ; joined Id. M. S. Bembow, Capt. 
Houston Stewart, being present at the bombardment of 
Bejrout, the attack on Tortosa, and the capture of 
Acre 1842 ; especially gazetted at the attack of Tor¬ 
tosa; promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1844; he 
then served for a year as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir 
Thomas Cochrane, and was with him during his opera¬ 
tions in Borneo, and attack on Maluda in 1845 ; pro¬ 
moted to the rank of Commander, August, 1846, and 
appointed to the Wolverine 16 guns, until paid off, May, 
1847; he was appointed to H. M.S. Columbine, 16 guns, 
December, 1847, and proceeded overland to take the 
command of that ship. While on that service he was 
thanked for his services on the Canton River, where he 
was stationed for a considerable time, for the protection 
of commerce. Being senior officer at Hong Kong, in 
September, 1849, he had the good fortune to capture 
and destroy thirty sail of heavy piratical vessels, mount¬ 
ing about 400 guns. For this service he was again 
thanked by the merchants of China, and by his Com- 
mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Francis Collier, who 
styled it “ the most gallant thing he had heard of since 
the war.” In consequence, he was selected to command 
an expedition consisting of Columbine, Fury, and Phle- 
gethon, which in the course of a month, October, 1849, 
searched the whole of the unknown waters at the head 
of the Gulf of Tonquin, hitherto unsurveyed, and in 
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destroyed a fleet consisting of 64 vessels, and mounting 
above 1200 guns. For this service he received the 
thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, the Admiralty, of 
the Merchants of China, who presented him with a 
Service of Plate, and by H.M. Plenipotentiary in China. 
For these, and for having, contrary to all precedent, 
succeeded in obtaining the cordial co-operation of a 
Chinese force, Commander Hay was promoted to the 
rank of Captain, January, 1850. Silver War Medal.— 
(Mr. Grenfell.) 

1833. Henry Nelthorpe, 9th regiment of Light 
Dragoons; served in the Punjaub Campaign, and was 
present at the passage of the Chenib; the battle of 
Chillianwalla, 1849: and Goojerat, 1849.—(School 
House.) 

1833. John Luther Vaughan, Captain of the 
21st regiment of Native Infantry ; served as Aide-de- 
Camp to Major General Sir John Littler at the battle of 
Maharajpore, 29th Dec. 1843; and honourably men¬ 
tioned in dispatches. Bronze Star.—(Mr. Townshend .) 

1833. Simon Fitzherbert Jacson, Captain 2nd 
regiment. Queen's ; served in the Caflre war, as adju¬ 
tant, 1851-2, including the operations in the Fish River 
Bush, Waterkloof, and the Trans Kei expedition, 
September, 1851.—(Mr. Anstey.) 

1833. Archibald Montgomery Campbell, Cap¬ 
tain of the 16th regiment Native Infantry, Madras; 
served with the Field Force against Kurnool, in 1839. 
—(Mr. Lee, now Bishop of Manchester.) 

1834. Edmund Armitage Hardy, Lieutenant of 
the First Bombay Light Cavalry; present at the siege 
of Moultan.—(Town.) 








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1834. Charles Mostyn Owen, commanded a 
company in the Levies under Major Hogge, during the 
Caffre war of 1845-6-7, and was present in almost 
every skirmish, including the action at the Gwanga 
and Bum’s Hill; in 1851 he was sent out by Govern¬ 
ment as a Special Commissioner, to enquire into the 
Hottentot rebellion, and was present at the battle of 
Berea.—(Mr. Buckoll.) 

1834. Joseph Carncross Griffith, first Lieu¬ 
tenant of the Bengal Artillery ; served during the Sut- 
ledge Campaign, present at the battle of Sobraon, 1846, 
and with the expedition to Khote Kangrah.—(Mr. 
Buckoll.) 

1835. Edmund Smyth, Lieutenant of the 13th 
regiment of Native Infantry, Bengal; served through¬ 
out the Punjaub Campaign, present at the passage of 
the Chenib and battle of Goojerat, 1849. Medal.— 
(Mr. Lee, now Bishop of Manchester.) 

1835. William Adams Anstruther Thompson, 
Lieutenant of the 9th regiment of Light Cavalry, E. I. 
C. Service, and Commander of the Governor General’s 
Body Guard ; served throughout the Scinde Campaign 
in 1843, on the staff of Sir Charles Napier, G. C. B. as 
Aide-de-Camp, present at the battles of Meeanee and 
Hydrabad, 1843. Medal.—(Mr, Grenfell.) 

1835. Octavius Carey, late Lieutenant of the 
29th regiment; killed at the battle of Moodkee, 
December 18th, 1845.—(Mr. Price.) 

1835. Alfred Wintle, First Lieutenant of the 
Bengal Artillery; present at the battles of Maharajpore, 
Dec. 29, 1843. Bronze Star. And served during the 
Sutledge Campaign, including the action of Sobraon, 
1846. Medal.-—(School House.) 


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1835. James Tickell, Lieutenant of the 73rd 
regiment of Native Infantry, Bengal, served through¬ 
out the Sutledge Campaign, present at the actions of 
Moodkee, December, 1845; Ferozeshuhar, 1845; and 
Sobraon, 1846. Medal and clasps.— (Mr. Anstey.) 

1836. William Wilberforce Bird, formerly 
Lieutenant of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers; served 
in the Campaign on the Sutledge in 1846, and was 
present at the battle of Sobraon, 1846. Medal. Served 
also in the Punjaub Campaign of 1848-9, including the 
passage of the Chenib, at Ramnuggur; battles of 
Chillianwalla 1849, and Goojerat 1849.—(Mr. Powlett.) 

1836. George Mayor, Captain 25th Native In¬ 
fantry, Bombay, present at the battles of Meeanee and 
Hyderabad, 1843. Died 1851.—(Mr Anstey.) 

1836. Ralph Lovel Thursby, Lieutenant of the 
Cape Mounted Riflemen, served during the Caffre 
war, of 1850-1-2-3 ; commanded the rear guard in 
bringing Sir Harry Smith from Fort Cox to King 
Williams Town, when large bodies of Caffres tried to 
intercept him, was present at the affair on the Green 
River with Seyols under Lieutenant Colonel Armstrong, 
when a great number of the enemy were killed; also 
with Colonel Mackinnon’s division in the skirmish be¬ 
tween Fort Hare and Fort White, which lasted twelve 
hours ; served as Aide-de-Camp to Major Wilmot, 
Royal Artillery, at the affair between the Umtata and 
Keiskamma Rivers; and was mentioned in dispatches ; 
on the 29th of June, 1851, assisted in taking 2000 head 
of cattle, out of the Keiskamma Hoek, under Lieut. 
Colonel Mitchell; and was also present at the affair at 
Committee’s Hill, under Lieutenant Colonel Eyre, 
where he was severely wounded, Sept. 10th, 1851.— 
(Town.) 





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1837 Frederick William Swinhoe, First Lieu¬ 
tenant Bengal Engineers; served in Scinde, 1845, in the 
campaign against the Belochee Hill Tribes ; present at 
the siege and surrender of Moultan, 1849, and battle of 
Goojerat, 1849. Medal.—(Mr. Anstey.) 

1837. Mark Edward Currie, First Lieutenant 
Bengal regiment of Artillery ; present at the battle of 
Sobraon, 1846. Medal.—(Mr. Powlett.) 

1837. William-Elliott Marshall, Lieutenant 
of the 48th Native Infantry, Bengal; served through¬ 
out the campaign on the Sutledge; present at the 
actions of Moodkee, 1845, Ferozeshuhar, 1845, and 
Aliwal, 1846, where he was wounded. Medal and 
clasp.—(Town.) 

1837. Alexander Turnbull, Lieutenant of the 
8th regiment of Native Infantry, Bengal ; served in the 
army of the Punjaub, throughout the operations in the 
vicinity, (including the attack on the Dhurmsalah and 
action of Sootujkhood) and the siege and surrender of 
Moultan, 1849, and battle of Goojerat, 1849 ; he was 
wounded in the attack on Dhurmsalah. Medal and 
clasps.—(School Plouse.) 

1837. John Hatfield Brookes, Lieutenant 
first regiment Light Cavalry, Bengal; engaged at the 
battles of Maharajpore, 1843. Bronze Star. Aliwal, 
1846. Medal. And with the army of the Punjaub, 
including the passage of the Chenib, and battles of 
Chillianwalla, 1848; Goojerat, 1849. Medal.— (Mr. 
Lee, now Bishop of Manchester.) 

1837. George Allgood, Lieutenant of the 49th 
regiment Native Infantry, Bengal; served at the siege 
and capture of Moultan, under General Whish, 1849. 
Medal and clasp.—(Mr. Price.) 




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1838. David John Falconer Newall, first 
Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery; present at the battle of 
Sobraon, 1846. Medal. Served during the Punjaub 
campaign, including the siege and surrender of Moultan, 
1849 ; battle of Goojerat, 1849. Medal and clasp.— 
(Mr. Bird.) 

1838. Annesley Paul Gore, Captain of the 52nd 
Foot, formerly in the 7th Dragoon Guards ; served in 
the Boer war, 1845, and in the Caffre war, of 1846. 
(Town.) 

1839. Henry Andrew Sarel, graduated at 
Trinity College, Cambridge, Lieutenant of the 9th 
regiment of Light Dragoons; served in the Punjaub 
campaign in 1848-9, and was present at the battles of 
Chillianwalla, 1849, and Goojerat, 1849. Medal.— 
(Mr. Price.) 

1839. Houston Stewart, Lieutenant of H. M. 
32nd regiment ; being on sick leave at Simlah, when 
the division of troops under General Whish, received 
orders to march on Moultan, Lieut. Stewart im¬ 
mediately threw up his leave, and rejoined his regiment 
on the march. He commanded a company at the siege 
of Moultan, 1849, and on one occasion charged with 
his company a very superior force of the enemy. The 
severity of the loss sustained testified to the obstinacy 
of the resistance and the bravery of the attack. At 
the taking of Moultan, 1849, he killed, in single com¬ 
bat, a Sikh with his own hand, and captured a pair of 
colours; died of fever at Jullandah, Sept. 2, 1849.— 
(Mr. Powlett and Mr. Cotton.) 

1839. Charles Langford Brown, Lieutenant 
of the 46th Native Infantry, Bengal; served with the 
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operations of Moultan, 1849 ; also at the battle of 
Goojerat, 1849. Medal and clasp.— (Mr. Price.) 

1839. Frederick William Gore, Lieutenant of 

I the 6th regiment; served through the Caffre war, of 
1 846-7, and 1851-2-3 ; was present in a great number 
of skirmishes, also at the action of Burne’s Hill; was 

I present at the capture of 2000 head of cattle, in the 
Keiskamma Hoek, in both expeditions across the Kei, 
and the occupation of the Lenya Valley.—fTown.j 

1839. Arthur Braithwaite Warre, Lieutenant 
j R. N. ; has a medal for services on the Coast of Syria, 
while a midshipman of the Inconstant, 36 guns.— 
(Mr. Grenfell.) 

1842. Daniel Augustus Sandford, late Ensign 
of the 2nd European Fusileers ; author of “ Leaves 
from the Journal of a Subaltern,” during the campaign 
in the Punjaub, 1849; engaged in the battles of Ram- 
nuggur, Chillianwalja and Goojerat, 1849. This 
gallant officer died at Lahore, June 20th the same year, 

: of fever, consequent on the excessive fatigue of the 
campaign.—(Mr. Arnold.) 

1842. Hon. Henry William Crosbie Ward, 
Captain of the 43rd Regiment Light Infantry, was en¬ 
gaged in the Caffre campaign of 1851-52 and 53; he 
was present with General Cathcart, in the action on 
Berea Mountain, in the Orange river Sovereignty, in 
South Africa, Dec. 20th, 1852, where the Basitos, 
Caffre Tribe, were defeated, whose chief, Moshesh, had 
failed to pay a fine of 10,000 head of cattle; present 
also in various skirmishes with the Caffres and rebel 
Hottentots.—(Mr. Arnold.) 

1842. Richard Edward Oakes, Ensign of the 
52nd Native Infantry, Bengal; served at the second 


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siege, operations, and surrender of Moultan, including 
the attack on the suburbs, Dec. 27th, 1848; battle of 
Goojerat, 1849. Medal and clasps.—(Mr. Anstey.) 

1843. Hon. Lewis Watson Milles, Lieutenant 
of the 43rd Light Infantry ; engaged with the Caffres 
at Waterkloof and Fuller’s Hoek, 9th March, 1852, 
when about 400 Caffres and 30 or 40 Hottentots at¬ 
tacked a small party of the 43rd; engaged at Bailey’s 
Grove with the Caffres, when escorting supplies to the 
camp at Keiskamma Hoek; notwithstanding the superior 
numbers of the enemy, the waggons were escorted in 
safety; engaged at Anta’s Den in the Anatola Moun¬ 
tains, when 550 head of cattle were captured ; again, 
on the 20th of June, in an attack upon a stronghold of 
the rebel Hottentots at Murray’s Kraster, when 150 
men of the 43rd were engaged with 600 Hottentots 
and mounted Caffres, after three hours fighting, the 
enemy were repulsed with great loss.—(Mr. Mayor.) 

1843. Charles William Pownall Lillingston, 
late of the 60th Rifles; killed in leading the attack on 
the Fort of Selstan, 1851.—(Mr. Highton.) 

1843. Francis Roger Barnston Napier, late 
Ensign of the Bombay 3rd regiment, Native Infantry; 
wounded at the siege of Moultan, 1849; died at 
Sakkar, Upper Scinde, Nov. 15th, 1849.— (Town.) 

1844. John Cox Gawler, Lieutenant of the 73rd 
regiment, was present in the field during the whole of 
the Caffre war, which commenced in December, 1850, 
and ended in the early part of 1853; he was thus en¬ 
gaged in the various patrols to the Keiskamma, the 
Anatola’s, and the Fish River bush, in the passage of 
the Great Kei, the final clearing of the Waterkloof, 
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gallantry, activity, and intelligence, procured for him 
successively, the situations of acting Adjutant to his 
regiment. Field Adjutant to the Brigade when on pat¬ 
rol, acting Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, 
and finally, the command of the light company. His 
name was honourably mentioned eight times in public 
official reports; among others, on the 4th April, 1852, 
by Lieut-Col. Eyre, commanding the brigade, in the 
following terms : “ Lieutenant Gawler, of the 73rd 
regiment, my Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, 
who rendered me on this, and on all other occasions 
during the war, most efficient services.” When the 
war was concluded, Sir George Cathcart appointed him 
to the office of District Adjutant at Port Natal.—(Mr. 
Anstey.) 


1845. James Harwood Rocke, Lieutenant and 
Adjutant, 2nd Queen’s Royal; present in the skir¬ 
mishes in the Fish River Bush, 8th and 9th September, 

1851, also in the expeditions across the Kei, and the 
operations in the Waterkloof.—(Mr. Mayor.) 

1847. Charles Calvert, Lieutenant of the 43rd 
regiment. Light Infantry ; engaged in the Caffre war, 

1852, and present at the attack and destruction of 
Withalder’s camp. On the 26th Nov. 1852, Mr. Calvert 
was out shooting quails, at a place called Bailey’s 
Grove, about a mile from camp, with his servant; when 
quietly returning, suddenly they found themselves in¬ 
tercepted by four Caffres, who began flourishing their 
assagais, thinking they had got two easy captives. At 
about ten paces, two Caffres raised their assagais and 
rushed upon Mr. Calvert; the other two directed their 
guns at the servant; at the same time the ensign 
raised his gun, and with as sure an aim as he used to 
direct his balls at his adversary’s wickets, in the School 
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shot the first,, a gigantic Caffre, in the face, who had 
fallen down to avoid the discharge, and then lay as if 
dead. In another moment the second savage was as¬ 
tounded, and his progress stopped, on receiving a 
charge of small shot also in his face. Mr. Calvert 
then went to the assistance of his servant, w'ho, having 
wounded a third, and his gun being unloaded, was 
dodging about to avoid the other Caffre, who took to 
his heels on Mr. Calvert’s approach. The second 
Caffre again approached, but withdrew on seeing a 
pistol presented at him. The ensign and his servant 
immediately loaded their guns again, during which 
time, the giant Caffre, with his face a mass of blood, 
so that not a feature could be distinguished, and evi¬ 
dently not able to see, got up quite bewildered. Two 
of his companions then came, and taking hold of him, 
prudently hurried him away.— (Mr. Cotton.) 

1847. John Charles King, Lieutenant of the 
74th Highlanders ; served with the first division in the 
Cafire war of 1851-2; for some time commanded an 
important fort on the frontier, and accompanied the 
expedition across the Great Orange River, against 
Moshesh.—(Mr. Mayor.) 


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